JP2002111855A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephone set for easily selecting only recording in one's absence or recording during call that does not request anything to a dialer in recording and is desirably listened to in reproduction, and to provide a telephone set that achieves a purpose only by using the telephone set. SOLUTION: The telephone set records at least one of a dialer telephone number, a signal arrival date, a dialer name being related to each recording in one's absence in the case of recording in one's absence, and selects a recorded message to be reproduced from the recorded information in reproduction. The recorded information is displayed at a display section, and desired information is selected from the information, thus selecting recording in one's absence by reproduction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone having an answering machine function or a telephone call recording function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, mobile telephones and home fixed telephones are provided with an answering machine function and a call recording function as convenient functions. The answering machine function automatically responds to an incoming call, sends a pre-recorded answering machine response message to the other party, and then can record a message message from the other party. The recording function during a call can record a conversation during a call by pressing a recording key during the call.

[0003] In such a function, a message from a partner or a conversation during a call is recently converted from analog to digital and stored in a semiconductor memory, and a large capacity memory such as a flash memory has recently been developed. Therefore, many message messages or conversations during a call can be recorded in the memory.

[0004]

However, when many message messages or conversations during a call are recorded, there is a problem that it is very difficult to select only a desired one at the time of reproduction.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 4-311141 discloses a technique in which a caller is inquired about the contents of a call when an incoming call is received, and based on the result, a message from the caller is recorded according to a predetermined classification. According to this technique, at the time of reproduction, a message can be selected and reproduced in accordance with the above classification.

[0006] However, in this technique, the above inquiry and the recording classified by type are performed in the exchange, and not all operations are performed only by the telephone. Further, when the caller is inquired about the contents of the call, if there is no predetermined response from the caller, the recording by type and the selective reproduction cannot be performed.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above points,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone capable of easily selecting only an answering machine or a recording during a call that the user wants to hear at the time of reproduction without requesting a caller at the time of recording.

[0008]

A first telephone according to the present invention is a telephone having an answering machine function, wherein, at the time of answering machine, at least one of a calling party telephone number, a receiving date, and a calling party name is associated with each answering machine. One piece of information is stored, and at the time of reproduction, a recorded message to be reproduced can be selected from the stored information.

A second telephone according to the present invention is a telephone having a recording function during a call, wherein during recording during a call, at least one of a caller's telephone number, an incoming date, and a caller's name is associated with each recording during a call. Is stored, and at the time of reproduction, a recording during a call to be reproduced can be selected from the stored information.

In the above-mentioned telephone, during playback, the stored information is displayed on the display unit, and by selecting desired information from the information, it is possible to select the answering machine to be played back or the recording during a call. At this time, a list of the stored first information is displayed on the display unit, desired information is selected from the list, and then a second information list of the selected portion is displayed on the display unit. It is possible to narrow down an answering machine or a recording during a call to select and reproduce desired information.

Further, the caller telephone number stored at the time of answering machine or at the time of recording during a call is obtained by calling number notification, the receiving date is generated by a built-in date generator, and the calling name is the calling number. From the phonebook memory based on

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the telephone according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a mobile telephone as an embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, a transmission / reception circuit unit 12 to which an antenna 11 is connected is a circuit that performs transmission / reception processing in a mobile phone under the control of a control unit 13 having a built-in CPU. That is, the transmission / reception circuit unit 12
Modulates a carrier with a voice message, a text message, a control signal, or the like from the control unit 13 and transmits a modulated wave as a transmission signal from the antenna 11; The control signal is demodulated and output to the control unit 13.

The control unit 13 includes a key operation unit 16, a transmission / reception circuit unit 12, an audio processing unit 24, and a clock / date generation unit 17
, And operates according to the program stored in the flash memory 14, and the transmission / reception circuit unit 12
D driver 18, lighting 20, incoming LED 21, ringer or speaker 22, vibrator 23, and sound processor 2
4 is controlled. The control unit 13 is connected to the RAM 15 and uses the RAM 15 as a work area when executing a program stored in the flash memory 14. The RAM 15 stores learning function data, which is one of dictionary functions for character input. On the other hand, the flash memory 14 stores character messages received from the message center and font information such as character patterns (including English and numeric characters) / icons (graphics). further,
The flash memory 14 is used as a telephone directory memory and stores a plurality of caller telephone numbers and caller names. Further, the flash memory 14 is used as an answering machine memory and a telephone call recording memory, and stores the contents of the telephone answering machine and the telephone call recording contents, and also stores a response message of the telephone answering machine.

The clock / date generator 17 generates clock information and date information and supplies them to the controller 13.
The LCD driver 18 controls the LCD according to the control of the control unit 13.
The display unit 19 is driven. That is, the LCD driver 18
Displays the character pattern (including English and numeric characters) and the icon (graphic) pattern read from the flash memory 14 in response to the control signal from the control unit 13 on the LCD display unit 19. The audio processing unit 24 is connected to the speaker 25 and the microphone 26 and converts the audio signal input from the control unit 13 into a D signal.
A / D conversion and output from the speaker 25 and A / D conversion of an audio signal input from the microphone 26 and output to the control unit 13 are performed.

The illumination 20 is controlled to be turned on and off by the control unit 13 when a key is pressed or an incoming call is received, and when turned on, the key operation unit 16 and the LCD display unit 19 are brightly illuminated. The vibrator 23 is connected to the control unit 13.
Under the control of, it vibrates at the time of an incoming call etc. to notify it. The ringer or loudspeaker 22 is controlled by the control unit 13 and sounds when an incoming call arrives to notify the user. The incoming LED 21 is connected to the control unit 13, and under the control of the control unit 13,
It flashes when there is an incoming call and informs you of it.

The mobile telephone configured as described above can record a message. That is, when an incoming call is received, an answering machine response message previously recorded in the flash memory 14 is sent to the other party automatically in response to the incoming call, and then a message message from the other party can be recorded in the flash memory 14. At this time, the above-mentioned mobile telephone stores at least one of the information of the caller's telephone number, the arrival date and the caller's name in the flash memory 14 in association with each answer phone.

FIG. 1 shows an answering machine memory area in the flash memory 14. In this area, an answering machine 1, an answering machine 2, an answering machine 3... Are sequentially stored. File Allocation Tabl
e; area indicating the storage state of the answering machine), in addition to the start address of each answering machine, a caller telephone number, an incoming date, and a caller name associated with each answering machine are stored. here,
The caller telephone number is obtained by a caller ID notification from the office when receiving a call. Further, the incoming date is obtained from the clock / date generator 17 in FIG. Further, the caller name can be retrieved from the telephone directory memory in the flash memory 14 based on the caller telephone number obtained by the caller number notification. At least one of these three pieces of information (caller telephone number, call date, caller name) may be stored in association with each answer phone in accordance with the following selection method at the time of reproduction. It is assumed that all three are stored in association with each answering machine.

At the time of answering machine, when the caller's telephone number, incoming date and caller name are stored in association with each answer phone as described above, at the time of reproduction, the stored caller's telephone number, incoming date and Using the name of the caller, only the answering machine that the user wants to hear can be easily selected.

The operation at the time of reproduction will be described in detail below with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. First, the first operation will be described with reference to FIG. 2. This example is "selection operation based on sender name". First, display the menu (Step S
When the caller name list display is selected and confirmed by the key operation unit 16 from 1), the caller names are read out one after another from the FAT unit in the answer phone memory area of the flash memory 14 and the display unit is set so that they are not duplicated. 19 is displayed as a list (step S2). Therefore, the user selects and confirms a desired sender name from the list displayed on the key operation unit 16 (step S3). Then, the incoming date corresponding to the selected sender's name is read out from the FAT unit and displayed on the display unit 19.
(Step S4). Therefore, the user selects a desired incoming call date from the list displayed on the key operation unit 16 (step S5), and presses a reproduction key of the key operation unit 16 (step S6). Then, the answering machine with the caller name desired by the user and the incoming call date desired by the user is reproduced (step S7).

Next, the second operation of FIG. 3 will be described. This example is "selection operation based on arrival date". First, from the menu display (step S11), the incoming date list display is selected by the key operation unit 16 and confirmed.
The incoming call dates are successively read from the FAT section of the answer phone memory area, and are listed on the display unit 19 in order of date so that they do not overlap (step S12). Therefore,
The user selects and confirms a desired incoming date from the list displayed on the key operation unit 16 (step S13). Then
The caller phone number corresponding to the selected incoming date is FAT
It is read from the unit and displayed in a list on the display unit 19 (step S14). Thus, the user selects a desired caller telephone number from the list displayed on the key operation unit 16 (step S15), and presses a reproduction key of the key operation unit 16 (step S16). Then, on the incoming date desired by the user,
The answering machine of the caller telephone number desired by the user is reproduced (step S17).

In the above operation, the answering machine to be reproduced is narrowed down based on two pieces of information of the caller's name and the incoming date or the incoming date and the caller's telephone number.
The answering machine to be reproduced can be further narrowed down based on three pieces of information of the incoming date and the name of the sender.

Although the above description has been made with respect to the answering machine, the mobile telephone shown in FIG. 4 can also record during a call. In the call recording, when the recording key of the key operation unit 16 is pressed during the call, the conversation during the call can be recorded in the call recording memory of the flash memory 14.

The mobile telephone shown in FIG. 4 also stores at least one of a caller's telephone number, an incoming date, and a caller's name in association with each recording during a call during the above-mentioned call recording. By storing at least one of the caller's telephone number, the call reception date, and the caller's name in this way, during playback, it is possible to easily select only the desired recording during a call using the information. can do.

The answering green memory area in the flash memory 14 shown in FIG. 1 may be received by a personal computer (PC). At that time, the mobile telephone and the PC are connected by a short-distance communication system. The short-range communication system is controlled by the control unit 13 of the mobile telephone and the control unit of the PC. This short-range communication system is a system that performs short-range two-way wireless communication between a master (server) and a slave (client). The frequency band is an ISM that does not require a special license and can be used in common worldwide.
(2.4 GHz band) is used. In this wireless communication system, ID numbers are individually assigned to identify specific terminals. The ID number is stored in a nonvolatile memory so that it cannot be rewritten.

Further, the apparatus has a function of detecting that a communication partner has entered a communication area before performing data communication. Then, after detecting the communication partner, it determines whether or not the connection partner is selected or is suitable as the connection partner, and performs connection processing (calling) to perform data communication. Assuming that the detecting side is a master, the master registers the ID number of the connection partner in a memory in advance, and the master side periodically transmits a detection signal and waits for reception of a response signal. The detected side (slave) periodically performs a receiving operation to receive the detection signal, and upon receiving the detection signal, sends back its own ID number as a response signal. When the master successfully receives the response signal, the master compares the ID number registered in advance with the received slave ID number. Only when the comparison results match, by automatically entering the connection processing, data communication can be started only with a specific terminal.

When a communication connection is started, the master assigns a temporary address to the slave. The slave determines whether or not it is addressed to itself from the received address. If it is addressed to itself, it takes in the data, otherwise it discards it. Even during the data communication between the master and the slave, the slave can be added at any time by performing the terminal detection and connection procedure in the communication area. Further, at the end of data communication, the temporary address assigned to the slave can be discarded. As described above, the mobile phone and the PC are connected by the short-range communication system,
Necessary data is stored or read in the memory area of the PC. Thereby, the memory capacity of the mobile telephone can be reduced.

The detailed operation at the time of recording during a call is the same as the operation at the time of the above-mentioned answering machine, and the "answering memory area" is referred to as "recording area during call", and the "answering machine" is referred to as "recording during call". Since it can be easily understood simply by reading, detailed description is omitted.

Although the above is an application of the present invention to a mobile telephone, it goes without saying that the present invention can also be applied to a fixed telephone for home use or the like.

[0029]

As described above in detail, according to the telephone of the present invention, it is possible to easily select only the answering machine to be heard at the time of reproduction or the recording during a call. Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to achieve the purpose only with the telephone without requesting the caller at the time of recording.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of the present invention, showing an answering machine memory area in a flash memory;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a first operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a second operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a telephone according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 13 control unit 14 flash memory 16 key operation unit 17 clock / date generation unit 19 LCD display unit

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A telephone having an answering machine function, wherein at the time of answering machine, at least one of a caller's telephone number, a call receiving date, and a caller's name is stored in association with each answering machine.
A telephone characterized by being able to select an answering machine to be reproduced from the stored information during reproduction. 2. A telephone having a call recording function, wherein at least one of a caller's telephone number, an incoming date, and a caller's name is stored in association with each call recording during a call recording, and at the time of reproduction, A telephone capable of selecting a recording during a call to be reproduced from the stored information. 3. The recorded information is displayed on a display unit, and an answering machine to be reproduced or a recording during a call is selected by selecting desired information from the information. The described telephone. 4. A list of stored first information is displayed on a display unit, and after selecting desired information from the list, a list of second information of the selected portion is displayed on the display unit. 4. The telephone set according to claim 3, wherein the answering machine or the recording during a call for selecting and reproducing desired information from among them is narrowed down. 5. A caller telephone number stored at the time of answering machine or at the time of recording during a call is obtained by caller ID notification, an incoming call date is generated by a built-in date generator, and a caller name is the caller telephone number. 3. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the telephone is obtained from a telephone directory memory based on the following.